can someone please define "left"?

I am not sure where I am........................ I do volunteer stuff..............sometimes.

I sometimes don't like the ALP.

I sometimes don't like the LNP.

I don't vote for a particular party.

Tony Abbott says Canberra will pay half cost of rebuilding

Tony Abbott on Friday. He said the federal government would be 'picking up at least 50% of the tab'. 
Tony Abbott says Canberra will pick up half the costs of rebuilding in New South Wales after the devastating bushfire emergency – and has warned there could be further lives lost.

Speaking after a briefing at the Winmalee fire station on Friday afternoon, the prime minister confirmed the standard disaster relief arrangements would apply in NSW, with Canberra “picking up at least 50% of the tab”.

Additional resources will also be available to the community through Centrelink, including a call centre for people affected by the fires.

The call centre number is 180 22 66. Payments of $1,000 for eligible adults and $400 for children will cover people in the Blue Mountains, Lithgow, Muswellbrook, Port Macquarie-Hastings, Port Stephens, Wyong and Wingecarribee.

The prime minister said it was too early to estimate the scale and cost of the rebuilding task, and he warned Australians to expect a dangerous fire season. “It could be a long, hot, dry summer,” Abbott said.

oi,   wotsis  ?

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@lakeland27 wrote:

social media is the newsroom nowadays. i'd like to know the difference.

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While, as far as I am concerned, there is an obvious distinction between social media and social networking, I can appreciate that it can be confusing to many people.  I believe the photos in question appeared on social networking sites.  Not social media.

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@**meep** wrote:

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@lakeland27 wrote:

social media is the newsroom nowadays. i'd like to know the difference.

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While, as far as I am concerned, there is an obvious distinction between social media and social networking, I can appreciate that it can be confusing to many people.  I believe the photos in question appeared on social networking sites.  Not social media.

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i'd like to understand the difference, because i don't find that explaination very clear

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@cherples wrote:

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@punch*drunk wrote:

I might be reading different news reports, but I'm pretty sure he didnt go around publicising this. There were photos taken by someone else and shared on social media.

 

 

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It's a shame he doesn't take his full time job more seriously and leave the fires to others while he is PM.

 

 

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yea politicians are too high and mighty to do lowly work like fighting fires in their spare time 

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@lakeland27 wrote:

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@**meep** wrote:

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@lakeland27 wrote:

social media is the newsroom nowadays. i'd like to know the difference.

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While, as far as I am concerned, there is an obvious distinction between social media and social networking, I can appreciate that it can be confusing to many people.  I believe the photos in question appeared on social networking sites.  Not social media.

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i'd like to understand the difference, because i don't find that explaination very clear

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Sorry, I didn't actually give an explanation.  Social media would be an outlet for news broadcasting while social networking is a tool for people with similar interests  to connect with each other.    

But the information still gets 'released' regardless. probably by his staffers . they know it reaches its destination however its packaged.

so, we have a story they want delivered to the public (i'll call it a stunt, you choose to interpret it how you wish) and delivered it is. the medium or sub-category isn't relevant as long as it gets out.

no meep

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it's these photo's

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/in-depth/bushfires/tony-abbott-puts-himself-in-line-of-fire/story-fn...

the one you've shown i haven't seen before

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@lakeland27 wrote:

But the information still gets 'released' regardless. probably by his staffers . they know it reaches its destination however its packaged.

so, we have a story they want delivered to the public (i'll call it a stunt, you choose to interpret it how you wish) and delivered it is. the medium or sub-category isn't relevant as long as it gets out.

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Really??? hmmm....  Interesting.......